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English
Etymology
Unknown. First attested in 1825 in East Anglian slang. Perhaps from "dumb ox", influenced by lumbering; or from or cognate to dialectal verb lummock (“move about heavily or clumsily”), itself a word of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
lummox (plural lummoxes)
- (informal) A clumsy, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
You've broken the plates, you great lummox!
2000, Louis Mellis, David Scinto, Sexy Beast (motion picture), spoken by Don Logan (Ben Kingsley):I love you, Gal. You're lovable. Big lovable bloke. Loveable lump. Loveable lummox. Gal Dove, party boy. Big oaf.
Translations
clumsy, stupid person
- Dutch: lomperd (nl), vlegel (nl), vlerk (nl)
- Finnish: tohelo (fi), köntys (fi)
- French: rustre (fr) m, mufle (fr) m, goujat (fr) m, empoté (fr) m, abruti (fr) m, boulet (fr) m
- Greek: παιδοβούβαλος m (paidovoúvalos), ατσούμπαλος (el) m (atsoúmpalos), άγαρμπος (el) m (ágarmpos)
- Spanish: bobo (es) m
- Swedish: klumpeduns (sv)
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